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The film begins with a back story of how black culture’s popularity with the American public began to decline in the 1980s, when style and originality began to lose appeal in the public eye due to the persistent efforts of “The Man” (Robert Trumbull), a powerful Caucasian man in control of a secret organization that seeks to undermine the African-American community as well as the cultures of other minorities. The Man is infuriated that Gen. Warren Boutwell (Billy Dee Williams), a U.S. Army general based on Colin Powell, is considering running for president, and his lackey Mr. Feather (Chris Kattan) informs him of a mind control drug which The Man uses to make Boutwell abort his plans and instead open a fried chicken franchise. The B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D., a secret organization that battles The Man’s influence, determines The Man is behind Boutwell’s change of heart, and recruits a freelance agent named Undercover Brother (Eddie Griffin) to aid them…

Undercover Brother is the only Internet property to be made into a major motion picture. When I discovered the animated Internet series by John Ridley, I fell in love with its wit and social commentary. Producer Damon Lee told me his company, Urban Entertainment.com, was teaming up with Imagine Entertainment and Universal to make a live-action version of Undercover Brother – I wanted in. I got to work with one of the premier producers in the industry, Brian Grazer, and learned a lot about directing comedy. I was blessed to have the opportunity to work with brilliant comedians Dave Chappelle, Eddie Griffin, Chris Kattan and Neil Patrick Harris. As a comedy director sometimes your job is to cast the right people and give them the freedom to “find the funny”.